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Valerie Anne Bertinelli was born on April 23, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. She is an American film and television actress.

During her nine-year (1975-1984) tenure as Barbara Cooper on TV's One Day at a Time, Valerie Bertinelli grew from a chubby, awkward 15-year-old with only a smattering of bit-part credits into a polished actress and bona fide sex symbol. When Bertinelli "married" her One Day co-star Boyd Gaines in a 1982 episode, the ratings went through the roof, while many a male viewer's heart sank. One year earlier, Bertinelli had been a bride for real; her marriage to rock star Eddie Van Halen was kept under wraps by the series' producers for fear of damaging the actress' "Little Miss Perfect" image.

Bertinelli's son by Van Halen was named Wolfgang, as in Mozart. While still a One Day regular, Bertinelli made the first of many TV-movie starring appearances in 1979's Young Love, First Love; later small-screen projects most of them packaged by Bertinelli's own production company, Bertinelli Inc. included The Princess and the Cabbie (1981), I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982), Shattered Vows (1984), The Seduction of Gina (1984), Silent Witness (1985), and Pancho Barnes (1988). Conversely, her theatrical-feature credits are limited, consisting only of C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979) and Ordinary Heroes (1985).

In the years since One Day at a Time, Valerie Bertinelli has starred in two short-lived TV series, Sydney (1990) and Café Americain (1993).

Credits by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Filmography

• Claire (2007)
• Finding John Christmas (2003)
• "Touched by an Angel" (59 episodes, 2001-2003)
• Crazy Love (2003)
• Personally Yours (2000)
• Night Sins (1997)
• Two Mothers for Zachary (1996)
• A Case for Life (1996)
• The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995)
• "Cafe Americain" (2 episodes, 1993-1994)
• Murder of Innocence (1993)
• What She Doesn't Know (1992)
• In a Child's Name (1991)
• "Sydney" (1990)
• Taken Away (1989)
• Pancho Barnes (1988)
• "I'll Take Manhattan" (1987)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1987)
• Number One with a Bullet (1987)
• "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1 episode, 1986)
• Rockabye (1986)
• Ordinary Heroes (1986)
• Silent Witness (1985)
• Shattered Vows (1984)
• The Seduction of Gina (1984)
• I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
• "Fridays" (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
• "One Day at a Time" (8 episodes, 1975-1981)
• The Princess and the Cabbie (1981)
• The Promise of Love (1980)
• C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
• Young Love, First Love (1979)
• The Secret of Charles Dickens (1979)
• "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1 episode, 1978)
• "Apple's Way" (1 episode, 1974)

Awards

• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series "One Day at a Time" 1981
• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series "One Day at a Time" 1980